ton - Bickington - Buckland ur b h s A - e b m o c e d i July 2020 W - e g d i r Magazine of The Moorland Team and Community Church H b t Moorland Parish Link o s l o n - n o d s u e L - y b a c c u H - e P The Ministry Team Team Rector The Rectory, 01364 716309 Rt Revd Mark Rylands Copperwood Close [email protected] Ashburton, TQ13 7JQ Team Vicar The Vicarage, 01364 621334 Revd Geoffrey Fenton Widecombe-in-the-Moor, [email protected] TQ13 7TF Mission and Family Holne Vicarage, 07759578941 Development Worker Holne, [email protected] Heidi Lewis TQ13 7RT Reader to the Team 4 Buckfast Close, 01364 643330 Marion Kaye Buckfast, [email protected] TQ11 0EW Methodist Minister 01626 832369 Revd Kevin Hooke [email protected] Safeguarding: If you have a concern about the safety of someone or the actions of someone working with children or vulnerable adults, please speak to someone: Moorland Team Safeguarding Adviser - Judy Southcombe 01364 621520 Diocesan Safeguarding Team - [email protected] Moorland Team Website: www.moorlandteam.org.uk Table of Contents The Ministry Team 2 St Gabriel, Postbridge 25 Safeguarding 2 Church Services for July 2020 26 The Parish Letter 3 Holy Communion Midweek & Home 27 Churchwardens 4 Dates for the Diary 27 Moorland Team Officers 4 St Pancras, Widecombe-in-the-Moor 31 Church News & Events 5 Dunstone & Poundsgate Chapels 39 St Mary the Virgin, Holne 11 Rainfall 46 St Raphael, Huccaby 17 Other Community News & Events 47 St John the Baptist, Leusdon 21 Final Word 51 2 The Parish Letter We’re very lucky to have a large garden here in the Vicarage in Widecombe. Over the last eight years we have worked away to get it under control – and this year we may be able to celebrate the complete absence of Japanese Knotweed for the first time – this pernicious weed had infested part of the garden for several decades, but our war of attrition seems finally to have paid off. Patience rewarded! Over the last few months, during Lockdown it’s been great to have so much time for gardening. Like many people’s gardens, ours has never looked better (mostly due to Beth!), and the vegetables and soft fruit are bursting with promise – as indeed are the mice that have been enjoying the strawberries! We are now self-sufficient in lettuces and rhubarb, and can hardly wait for the first broad beans and raspberries (which are too high for the mice to climb!). To my mind there is a special pleasure in having fruit and veg in season – and the first picking of a new crop is something to really celebrate. Patience is rewarded. And it seems to me that patience is the virtue that is most in need at the moment, as we wait for the Coronavirus to become a spent force. Patience is one of the Fruits of the Spirit that St Paul listed – his full list being love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. I feel that patience has become rather underrated – perhaps because of years of sustained advertising encouraging us to “have it now!” – do you remember the Credit Card slogan “Take the waiting out of wanting”? And who doesn’t want the Lockdown to end now? For life to be normal again now? For businesses to get back to normal now? To have the comfort of coffee mornings and evenings in the pub and normal church services? The children back at school, university students having a student life, work to resume in the workplace? “Normal” is what life should be like, isn’t it? How dare life not be normal?! The need and the reason for patience is that, however much we want it, we can’t have normal now. The risks are too high. You may have noticed that we all have different views on the risks – some saying “There’s nothing really to worry about now here in Devon – there’s so few cases, what’s all the fuss about?” Others saying “I’m so worried, I’m dreading the return of tourists as they are bound to bring it with them.” Some are pushing hard for normal now, others are really anxious and scared. Perhaps this is a reflection on how much at risk they themselves feel? Younger folk Continued on page 5 3 Churchwardens St Mary the Virgin, Holne with St Raphael, Huccaby Gillian Parker Thimble Hall, Hexworthy, PL20 6SD 01364 631507 [email protected] Anthony Parker as above as above [email protected] St John the Baptist, Leusdon Geoff Bamsey 26 Old Manor Close, Holne Cross, TQ13 7JF 01364 652820 [email protected] Patrick Simpson Spitchwick Manor, Poundsgate, TQ13 7PB 01364 631209 [email protected] St Gabriel, Postbridge Annie Smerdon 4A Oaktree Park, Sticklepath, EX20 2NB 01837 840201 [email protected] Wendy Watson Middle Merripit Farm, Postbridge, PL20 6TJ 01822 880215 [email protected] St Pancras, Widecombe Michael Pascoe Wooder Bungalow, Widecombe, TQ13 7TR 01364 621333 [email protected] Penny Whale Wayside, Widecombe in the Moor, TQ13 7TA 01364 621411 [email protected] St Andrews, Ashburton William West Tawstock, Knowle Close, Ashburton TQ13 7RA 01364 652666 [email protected] Bill Shapley 18 Beverley Gardens, Ashburton, TQ13 7BL 01364 652263 [email protected] St Mary the Virgin, Bickington Peter Warren Rentor, Bickington 01626 821213 [email protected] St Peter, Buckland in the Moor Stephanie Palk Halshanger Manor, Ashburton 01364 652430 [email protected] Vida Pascoe 14 Balland Park, Ashburton 01364 653312 For all editorial information - copy date, contact details etc. please see inside back cover. PARISH OFFICE in Ashburton Due to the Coronavirus outbreak, the office is currently closed. Cassie is working remotely and can be contacted on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9.30 - 12.30 on 07445240133 or email: [email protected] Moorland Team Officers Treasurer Francis Parffrey Hillcrest, Bowden Hill, Ashburton TQ13 7EA 01364 654067 [email protected] Secretary Gillian Parker Thimble Hall, Hexworthy, PL20 6SD 01364 631507 [email protected] Safeguarding Adviser Judy Southcombe - 01364 621520 [email protected] Team Administrator Cassie Long - 01364 654280 [email protected] 4 Church News & Events (Continued from page 3) (up to 30) have a very low risk of death if they catch the virus, less than 1 in a 1000, but people over 70 have 1 in 4 chance of dying, and over 80, 1 in 3. (Stats June 15th for Italy). I would hope that care for the elderly is our chief concern, keeping them safe? For many people, the consequences of catching the disease are awful, so there’s a lot to be said for us all being patient, while the virus gradually diminishes around the country. And being patient can be quite fun! We learn it as children wondering why it’s so long until our birthday, and then the excitement of the day is so much greater because of the anticipation. Few of us are born patient, but like the other gifts that St Paul lists, patience can be learnt. Many people who are finding themselves less busy at the moment are discovering a new inner peace; listening to silence and enjoying the little things – a butterfly sipping nectar from a flower, the gentle fall of raindrops, lingering over a cup of tea with no rush to get on. And maybe listening to the still, small voice of God becoming audible in the quiet. Patience is about waiting for something in peace – something good that is to come. Whether a bowl of raspberries – or a return to normal social life, for which we may have to wait a long time yet. Being patient in a time of suffering has a long tradition in Christian life – St Paul himself learnt it while spending long periods in prison. Patience is well worth cultivating! With prayers for you all and every blessing Geoffrey An hour of quiet reflection at Postbridge Church The monthly services that will return to the church one day can be found on: https://www.moorlandteam.org.uk/p.htm They can be used at any time, in particular if you are feeling you need a time of quiet in these challenging days. Geoffrey Church News & Events More information from Revd Geoffrey Fenton, Widecombe Vicarage, 01364 621334 5 M T P … as easy as 1 2 3 Installation . Service . Maintenance For all your plumbing & heating requirements ● ALL PLUMBING WORK UNDERTAKEN INC. 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